International Trade committee  A number of major business organizations have expressed concerns about it broadly. I don't know that an exemption is one that has garnered a lot of attention, in the sense that Mexico is not necessarily in a different boat. It's clear, though, that some of those concerns have got

International Trade committee  Yes. As I mentioned, I've been at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for almost 20 years, and it's striking to me that during that time, none of our member companies ever raised this as a problem. However, as this has come to the fore in recent months, we have heard from some of our me

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  I can hear you now, yes.

International Trade committee  I think that the past year has offered a kind of tutorial for policy-makers in the Congress over the benefits of the NAFTA today and the trade relationship we have with Canada and Mexico. Last week, I went on a four-day tour of seven Midwestern states. One thing they all have i

International Trade committee  Our submission to the Office of the United States Trade Representative was more or less along the lines that I articulated earlier, that the rules of origin in the NAFTA are already very strong and that measures to elevate those requirements are likely to backfire and you could w

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. The softwood lumber dispute is one which of course has gone on for decades, and any number of trade lawyers have sent their kids to college in the various iterations of it. From the perspective of the U.S. business community, the U.S. Chamber of Comm

International Trade committee  First, let me quickly say what we in the business community see as a win, and then I'll quickly pivot to that question. We're looking for a modernization that takes a 23-year-old trade agreement and brings it into the 21st century with provisions, for instance, those relating to

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for that warm welcome, Chairman Eyking, and vice-chairs Allison and Ramsey. It's an honour to appear here today in Canada's Parliament, representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the largest business organization in the United